What's a good Windows 7 Twitter client?

[MightyJordan]

I'm having to search for a Twitter client (again), as TweetDeck was causing my browsers (Firefox, and even Google Chrome) to freeze when going on intensive sites, like Google Mail.

I'm looking for a client that's good looking, doesn't take up too much RAM (I'm fine if it's below 100MB), can be minimised to the taskbar, will let me show more than one column at a time (i.e. let me see my main feed and my mentions at the same time), and can also intergrate with Facebook.

I should point out that before I used TweetDeck, I used Sobees Lite, which worked well, but now the latest version doesn't work on my PC, so I went back to TweetDeck, but that went ###### up. I just tried out blu, and it looks brilliant! But that's about all it's got going for it. That's the only feature it's got from the list above, and on top of that, it will only update every two minutes at the least.

So, what's your suggestions?

EDIT: Oh no, I just realised I posted this in the wrong section! :p Could a mod please fix this?

[furyshinobi]

I'm having to search for a Twitter client (again), as TweetDeck was causing my browsers (Firefox, and even Google Chrome) to freeze when going on intensive sites, like Google Mail.

I'm looking for a client that's good looking, doesn't take up too much RAM (I'm fine if it's below 100MB), can be minimised to the taskbar, will let me show more than one column at a time (i.e. let me see my main feed and my mentions at the same time), and can also intergrate with Facebook.

So, what's your suggestions?

EDIT: Oh no, I just realised I posted this in the wrong section! :p Could a mod please fix this?

I used to use Twhirl for a bit until someone from this forum introduced me to DestroyTwitter and have been using it since :) It's pretty lightweight and looks pretty good. Been using around 35MB atm but it doesn't have Facebook support though :(

[HilariousNinja]

I don't really use a client, but a Firefox Add-on. Echofon (it used to have a more twittery name), it shows how many messages in the corner of your firefox windows, and just pops up with all your tweets when you click it. Also, power twitter isn't bad for enhancing your twitter experience.

[Chasethebase Veteran]

DestroyTwitter runs of Adobe Air and works very well (For a desktop client). Personally I just use the web interface but DT is my recommendation.

[sjdvda]

I'd highly recommend Seesmic for Windows which has the native Windows UI and doesn't use as much memory than the Adobe AIR apps. I've been using it for some weeks now and I find it very good. It's still a little buggy at times though. :)

[insanelyapple]

IMO blu - beautiful example of WPF app

[:: Lyon ::]

Seesmic for Windows, like sjdvda said, is a good Twitter client with a native Windows environtment. The preview was just released last week and expect next nice updates to it!

[th3rEsa]

I use Echofon for Firefox ...

... and TwitVim for Vim.

Quite nerdy but platform-independent. ;)

[guruparan]

IMO blu - beautiful example of WPF app

+ 1

http://www.thirteen23.com/experiences/desktop/blu/

[Matchmuchach]

Atm I use Seesmic Desktop, it has a great interface. Looks allot like TweetDeck, but better!

[freak180]

This might be shocking but its a windows 7 gadget and let me tell you its a really great one! I stop using my other twitter clients.

http://cid-ad53f0463beb559c.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Public/TweetZ.gadget

[metropolis]

Another fan of 'blu' here, try it :)

[Saint Shiv]

TweeterDeck or Digsby

[vip]

I used to use a desktop client, but now I mostly tweet from my phone. I use Twidroid for that. When I'm at my computer I use HootSuite, which is web-based. When I used a desktop client I used DestroyTwitter, it was a nice client but it seemed to me like it used a lot of memory...

[:: Lyon ::]

I'm now using Seesmic Web, just use your web browser and it's very good in features and UI wise: http://seesmic.com/app

[Colin-uk Veteran]

moved here

[SkyDX]

Another vote for blu^^

[Tanoru]

Why have not many people suggested Tweetdeck, Facebook support and it's easy to use.

[callummr]

Why have not many people suggested Tweetdeck, Facebook support and it's easy to use.

Probably because in the first post he clearly states that to be the one client he can't use.

[ienhz]

Thanks for the destroytwitter recommendation. I've been using twitterdeck and it felt way too slow and bloated. destroytwitter is exactly what I was looking for. Wished it used a native windows scrollbar instead of a colored one though.